  TABULAR VIEW OF THE CONTENTS OF THE SEVENTEEN VOLUMES. A GENERAL HISTORY AND COLLECTION OF VOYAGES AND TRAVELS, ARRANGED IN SYSTEMATIC ORDER: FORMING A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE BY ROBERT KERR, F.R.S. and F.A.S. EDIN. ILLUSTRATED BY MAPS AND CHARTS. VOL. I. WILLIAM BLACKWOOD, VOYAGES AND TRAVELS OF DISCOVERY, FROM THE ERA OF ALFRED, KING
GENERAL PLAN OF KERR'S COLLECTION OF VOYAGES AND TRAVELS.(Taken from Volume 18.)
PART I. Voyages and Travels of Discovery in the middle ages; from the era of Alfred King of England, in the ninth century, to that of Don Henry of Portugal, at the commencement of the fifteenth century. PART II. General Voyages and Travels, chiefly of Discovery; from the era of Don Henry in 1412, to that of George III. in 1760. PART III. General Voyages and Travels of Discovery during the era of George III., which were conducted upon scientific principles, and by which the Geography of the globe has been nearly perfected. PART IV. Historical Deduction of the Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest times to the present period.
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